Yes, here is a sample workflow that showcases Qube's main components:
- An artist submits a job from either Client machine (through the QubeGUI, in-application submission, command-line, python, etc)
- This creates a package of information (strings, numbers, etc) that are sent to the Supervisor and stored in the MySQL database.
- The Supervisor identifies available Workers to process the job.
- The Supervisor sends the job package to the Worker. 5. The Worker service then launches the respective backend (script or executable) that reads the job package and launches the appropriate commandline or executable for the rendering, etc.
- The application (like maya) then reads in the scene (stored in a central location) and then renders the resulting frames to a central location (like a NAS or other file server). Note that no file staging/copying is done locally to the workers to minimize network traffic.
- The artist or anyone else, can view the current status of a job through the QubeGUI, command-line, python, etc.